12-10-2020, 08:16 PM
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Retired with Way Too Many Kits
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,222
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Originally Posted by A Fish Named Wallyum
Mayhem and carnage might have reigned in Rocket Rohde's underpants.  That's him between the cars.  |
I went with a friend to NSL in Alamogordo in 2017. He was out retrieving one of his rockets a few hundred yards from pads, when a new series of launches started. He wisely turned to watch. A rocket rose then turned horizontal and was streaking directly towards him. He stood frozen in position for a few seconds, then jumped to the side. That rocket’s path went directly toward where he was standing, but in retrospect was probably high enough off the ground that it would have missed him.
Lots of people were yelling at him to move. Scary, and funny, too, to watch him jump at the last second. No word from him on any mayhem and carnage in the under garments.
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Lee Reep
NAR 55948
Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B, Ken Foss Designs Mini Satellite Interceptor
In the Paint Shop: Nothing! Too cold!
Launch-Ready: Farside-X, Maxi Honest John, Super Scamp
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